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You don't want to be a dog who makes me angry. Especially when I need caloric intake. And don't think the protein in those stupid little acorns is sufficient. At times, only the flesh of dogs and cats satisfies my needs.

But seriously, even a flying squirrel, cute though it is, is really nothing more than a rat with a bushy tail that has adapted to falling through space or walking on your roof.

This squirrel looks EXACTLY like the black ones that live in our yard.

Does this mean I should keep our three pug dogs inside? (Their jaws may be powerful because they were bred down from mastiffs hundreds of years ago, but they're just so darn lazy--comes from never having had a useful purpose, ever--the breed I mean, not ours in particular.)

I wonder if the black squirrel's mother-in-law may have given him a little advice regarding moods and nutrition: "Always carry a bannana with you, or at least know how to gut a dog quickly for those Cranky Pants days..."

Hundreds of people walk by the squirrels on the Capitol grounds, the university, the lake front, every day. For that matter think of the joggers in the arboretum. Think of homeowners who believe they are safe, but are separated by just a few fractions of an inch of glass from these bloodthirsty, ravenous, rodents from hell.

And what does the legislature do in the face of a callous Governor, heedless of the safety of the citizens? It dithers. It dallies. It ignores the threat.

I have rarely seen a more cogent argument for concealed weapons permits. Contrast scenarios:Scenario #1. A group of innocent looking squirrels pretending to merely be after nuts surreptitously surrounds you and then, at a secret chitter signal...Scenario #2, A group of squirrels surrounds you. You pull out your .45 automatic loaded with survival shot, crouch down in a defensive posture, holding the weapon in a firm two handed grip. It is a moment of decision for the rodents..how hungry are they really.

Not only would the permit protect you, but because the rodents could never know who had the permit, they would have to always be cautious. Oh sure, they might surround the occasional peace activist, confident that the "Cindy Sheehan Speaks For Me" button indicates someone not carrying, or at least a poor shot, but for those not identified as an easy mark, the possibility of self defense would spread its invisible shield.

Write the Governor now. If he is going to allow the rodents to mass on the Capitol grounds for their nefarious ends, he needs to allow people to defend themselves.

I'm amazed that none of the astute Althouse commenters picked up on the HORRENDOUS grammatical mistake in the BBC Report: http://fdelondras.blogspot.com/2005/12/dog-killing-squirrels-and-stray-commas.html